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Cold Case Files

REOPENED: A Deadly Pattern

Cold Case Files

A&E / PodcastOne

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Talk Radio

3.88.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In 2004, 58-year-old Phyllis New was found dead, the victim of an apparent home invasion. However, when a second murder comes to light, police suspect the killer might be right under their noses... SimpliSafe - Right now, get 20% off any new SimpliSafe system with Fast Protect Monitoring at SimpliSafe.com/COLDCASE There’s No Safe Like SimpliSafe. 

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On October 15, 2004, at her home in Santee, California.

0:12.6

Phyllis knew was shot in the head at close range.

0:15.8

911 received a call from her husband, Bill,

0:18.8

at 402 in the morning, reporting her injuries. No, I want an emergency.

0:25.0

Yeah, somebody goes into my house.

0:28.0

Are they there right now?

0:30.0

No, my wife's really hurt. She's bleeding.

0:35.0

Oh my God.

0:38.0

How do we just gone to a little while?

0:41.0

I drove to Rite Aid and to get her some migraine medicine.

0:47.0

Is this in your restaurant how long you were gone?

0:50.0

I?

0:51.0

Maybe 30 minutes.

0:52.0

Maybe 30 minutes. From A&E, this is cold case files.

0:55.0

I'm Brooke and here's the distinguished Bill Curtis with a classic case a deadly

1:07.0

pattern.

1:08.0

The reporting party who was the husband had supposedly left his house to get his wife some medication.

1:19.0

And when he returned to his home, he found that someone had broken into his home and murdered his wife

1:24.0

during the 30 minutes that he was gone.

1:27.8

San Diego County Sheriff's Detective Pat Gardner heads to the crime scene.

1:35.0

Basically the only room that was involved was the room that Phil's new was found in.

1:41.0

She was found deceased lying in her bed, you had close gun shot wound to the back of her head.

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